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Teacher to Begin Prison Sentence for Her Work at Baha’i University

Teacher to Begin Prison Sentence for Her Work at Baha’i University

October 19, 2015

Azita Rafizadeh and her family Azita Rafizadeh, a Baha’i citizen and instructor at the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) online university, must report to ...

Imprisoned Spiritual Leader on Hunger Strike Has Become “Like a Skeleton”

Imprisoned Spiritual Leader on Hunger Strike Has Become “Like a Skeleton”

October 15, 2015

The family of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the imprisoned leader of a peaceful spiritual group, is alarmed by his deteriorating health after his two month-long hunger strike. He began the hunger strike on August 13, 2015 to ...

Washington Post Reporter Jason Rezaian Convicted on Baseless Charges

October 12, 2015

October 12, 2015—Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent imprisoned in Iran since July 22, 2014, has been convicted by a Tehran court in a prosecution and trial marked by the blatant denial of due process at every ...

Court to Issue Decision on Faraghdani’s “Illegal” Handshake with Her Lawyer

Court to Issue Decision on Faraghdani’s “Illegal” Handshake with Her Lawyer

October 9, 2015

Atena Faraghdani The imprisoned artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani will soon learn the verdict in the case judicial officials brought against her after she shook her ...

Authorities Deny Hospitalization for Ill Activist and Postpone Her Trial Again

Authorities Deny Hospitalization for Ill Activist and Postpone Her Trial Again

October 9, 2015

Narges Mohammadi No Explanation Given for Third Postponement of Narges Mohammadi’s Trial Date The trial of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been postponed for a third time, ...

Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Imprisoned Activist a Retrial

Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Imprisoned Activist a Retrial

October 6, 2015

Saeed Madani The political activist and university professor Saeed Madani, imprisoned in Iran since January 2012 for his peaceful activism and participation in a nonviolent political opposition group, ...

Imprisoned Teacher Sentenced to Three More Years in Prison after Completing Six

Imprisoned Teacher Sentenced to Three More Years in Prison after Completing Six

September 24, 2015

Teachers’ rights activist Rassoul Bodaghi Teachers’ rights activist Rassoul Bodaghi, who was near the end of serving a six-year prison sentence for his peaceful labor ...

Rouhani and Undelivered Promises (Video)

Rouhani and Undelivered Promises (Video)

September 23, 2015

When Rouhani campaigned for the presidency in June 2013, he said he had “the key” to solve Iran’s problems. Those problems included hundreds of political prisoners in Iran, some dating back to the disputed 2009 presidential election. More than two years later, the prisoners remain behind bars, the three ...

Message to Rouhani: Rights Crisis in Iran Must Finally Be Addressed

September 22, 2015

Hassan Rouhani addresses the UN General Assembly in New York, 2014. September 22, 2015—When Iranian president Hassan Rouhani addresses ...

Artist Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Prison Staff Verbal Abuse

Artist Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Prison Staff Verbal Abuse

September 18, 2015

Atena Faraghdani, Artist and Civil Activist The artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani, behind bars since January 10, 2015, went on a hunger ...

Imprisoned Labor Activist Dies of Stroke after Being Denied Medical Care

Imprisoned Labor Activist Dies of Stroke after Being Denied Medical Care

September 15, 2015

Shahrokh Zamani, Labor activist Authorities Routinely Refuse Medical Treatment to Political Prisoners September 16, 2015—Labor activist Shahrokh Zamani died of a stroke on September 13, 2015, at ...

Imprisoned Leader of Spiritual Group on Hunger Strike

Imprisoned Leader of Spiritual Group on Hunger Strike

September 11, 2015

Mohammad Ali Taheri, the leader of a spiritual group Mohammad Ali Taheri, the leader of a spiritual group who has been ...

Without Effective Safety Laws or Unions, Workplace Deaths Increase in Iran

Without Effective Safety Laws or Unions, Workplace Deaths Increase in Iran

September 11, 2015

Without adequate laws protecting workers’ safety or independent labor groups able to organize and advocate effectively for workers’ rights, workplace deaths in Iran have risen to alarming numbers. More than 650 people have died and 10,109 ...

House Arrest of Presidential Candidates, Long a Taboo Topic, Emerges as Public Issue Again in Iran

House Arrest of Presidential Candidates, Long a Taboo Topic, Emerges as Public Issue Again in Iran

September 8, 2015

Minister of Justice, Mostafa Pourmohammadi Three days after President Hassan Rouhani suggested the possibility of a legal solution to the long-running house arrest of Iran’s ...

Keeping Activist Bahareh Hedayat in Prison is Against the Law Says Legal Expert

Keeping Activist Bahareh Hedayat in Prison is Against the Law Says Legal Expert

September 4, 2015

Political motivations are taking precedence over the law when it comes to activists such as Bahareh Hedayat, who is being kept in prison despite the completion of her sentence, legal expert Mohammad Oliaei-Fard told the ...

Cartoon 122: Two More Years for Bahareh

Cartoon 122: Two More Years for Bahareh

September 4, 2015

The student and women’s rights activist Bahareh Hedayat, imprisoned for over five years in Iran, has been given an additional two-year prison sentence, days after receiving release orders from an Appeals Court in ...

Leading Societal Figures in Iran Urge Americans to Support Nuclear Deal

September 1, 2015

More than fifty prominent members of Iranian society have written an open letter to the American people urging them to ask their Congressional representatives to support the nuclear agreement reached with Iran in July 2015. Describing themselves ...

Jailed Activist Diagnosed with Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

Jailed Activist Diagnosed with Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

August 31, 2015

Atena Daemi, children’s rights and civil activist Family Hopes Atena Daemi Will Be Released on Medical Grounds A doctor at Evin Prison has diagnosed ...

Wife of Imprisoned Pastor Asks US Officials to Obtain Release of Her Husband

Wife of Imprisoned Pastor Asks US Officials to Obtain Release of Her Husband

August 31, 2015

Saeed Abedini American officials must do more to obtain the release of unjustly imprisoned Iranian-Americans, according to the wife of Saeed Abedini, an Iranian-American pastor who is currently ...

Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Held Illegally after Completion of Sentence

Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Held Illegally after Completion of Sentence

August 28, 2015

Bahareh Hedayat Given Two Additional Years in Prison after She Was Due for Release August 28, 2015—The student and women's rights activist Bahareh Hedayat, imprisoned for over five years in Iran, has been given an additional ...

Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence

Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence

August 24, 2015

Saeed Mortazavi, The former Tehran Prosecutor Mortazavi Verdict Shows Officials Still Enjoy Impunity even in Cases of Torture and Death of Prisoners. The former Tehran Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, was acquitted on August 19, 2015, on ...

Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration, 14 Movies Now Forbidden

Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration, 14 Movies Now Forbidden

August 17, 2015

Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration Despite repeated statements made by President Rouhani regarding the need to allow more cultural freedoms in ...

Ailing Student Activist’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws

Ailing Student Activist’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws

August 13, 2015

Bahareh Hedayat’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws Prominent student activist Bahareh Hedayat should have been released by the end of July ...

Rezaian’s Lawyer Prevented from Responding to Prosecutor’s Accusations

Rezaian’s Lawyer Prevented from Responding to Prosecutor’s Accusations

August 11, 2015

The blatant denial of due process on display on the last day of Jason Rezaian’s trial on August 10, 2015, when his lawyer was not allowed to present arguments in response to the prosecutor, confirms ...

Facebook Activist Details How She Received a Seven-Year Prison Sentence in Iran

Facebook Activist Details How She Received a Seven-Year Prison Sentence in Iran

August 4, 2015

Naghmeh Shahsavandi Shirazi One of the eight Facebook activists sentenced to long prison sentences in 2013 for social and political commentary posted on their Facebook pages, has asserted that she was denied access to a lawyer during her detention, interrogated about ...

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